Montrose, Colorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Places I've been
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Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Galena, Kansas
This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.
Baldwin City, Kansas
One of the oldest continually operated libraries in Kansas.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Provo, Utah
Pay a visit to America's oldest yarn shop.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Hume, California
The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Tehachapi, California
Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.
Tehachapi, California
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Mono Mills, California
A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.